Re: /bin/sh: syntax error: `(' unexpected

[Kurt Miller]

From: "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden>
> It looks like you have $(shell ...) operations that are not
> well-formed.
>
> You can try enabling debugging mode to see if that gives you any more
> clues.
>
> Other than that you'll have to add the make equivalent of "printf", I
> guess; something like this:
>
>
>   $(shell echo "got to this point" 1>&2)
>

Thanks for the tip... it worked and I found the problem. For the
archives, finding problems like I described can be done by using Paul's
suggestion or by using the warning command which also prints line
numbers:

$(warning got to this point)

-Kurt